Adminis



1). DENNIS, Deod.

A. BLANGHARD, administiator.

HAT.

No. 248,396. Patented 0ot.'18,1881.

WITNESSES:

ENITED STATES PATENT CFFICE.

ABIATHAR BLANCHARD, OF SOUTH NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, ADMINIS- TRATOR OF DEXTER DENNIS, DECEASED.

HAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 248,396, dated October 18, 1881.

Application filed April 30, 1881. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern Be it known that DEXTER DENNIS, of South Norwalk, in the county of Fairfieldand State of Connecticut, invented a new and useful Improvement in Hats, of which the following is a specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the improvement, shown as applied to a hat. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to increase the strength and durability of hats made of chip and other materials.

The invention consists in forming a sweatband and brim-lining of waterproot'ed paper in one piece; also, in having theinner part of said lining and sweat-band cut in scalloped or toothed form; also, in gluing or otherwise cementing the said lining and sweat-band to the brim and body of the hat, as will be hereinafter fully described.

A B represent a hat made of chip, straw, or other suitable material.

To the under side of the brim B of the hat is glued or otherwise cemented a lining, C, of \vaterproofcd paper. The lining C is made in annular form, and its inner part is scalloped, toothed, or notched, and is bent up along, and is glued or otherwise cemented to, the inner surface of the lower part of the body A of the hat, to serve as a sweat-band,D. Theturnedupinner part, D, of the lining C can be further secured in place by the stitchingthat secures the band E to the hat-body A, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The outer edge of the lining C is covered and is secured to the outer edge of the hatbrim B by a binding, F, of cloth or other suitable material folded around the said'edges and secured in place by stitching through its edges and through the said brim and lining.

With this construction the lining C and sweat-band D stiffen and strengthen the brim B and cover and protect the bend where the brim B joins the body A. The lining C and sweat-band D, being waterproofed, are unaffected by sweat, and thus prevent the hat from being wet and injured by the sweating of the wearer. The lining C and sweat-band D, being made in one piece, have no folds or seams to be pressed against and hurt the head of the wearer.

Having thus fullydescribed the invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent '1. A combined sweat-band and brim-lining for bats, made substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with the brim B and body A of a hat, of a combined lining and sweat-band, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the hat is stiffened and strengthened, as set forth.

3. A combined lining and sweat-band, constructed, substantially as herein shown and described, in one piece, and with scalloped or toothed inner edge, as set forth.

3. The method of stiffening hats, substantially as herein shown and described, which consists in cementing to the brim and body of the hata combined lining and sweat-band, made in one piece, whereby the bend of the hat is protected, as set forth.

ABIATHAR BLANCHARD, Administrator of estate of Dexter Denm's.

Witnesses:

JAMES GOLDEN, JACOB M. LAYTON. 

